Product Designer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
✦︎ Vector buckets - AWS S3
July 2025
I led design for Amazon S3 Vectors, the first cloud storage with native vector support at scale. I designed the end-to-end experience for creating vector indexes and running similarity searches using natural language, S3 URIs, or embeddings. This brought AI-powered search to the S3 console for the first time and launched the AWS Summit New York City 2025.
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✦︎ Data Integrity Protections - AWS S3
Nov 2024
I designed the default data integrity protections in Amazon S3, which automatically enables checksums for new objects. I designed how checksum status is shown in the console and created controls for managing settings. This made it easier for customers to protect their data by default.
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✦︎ Modernization Calculator - AWS EC2
May 2022
As part of AWS’s broader modernization efforts, I designed a guided experience that helps customers estimate the cost and effort of moving from legacy Microsoft environments to modern AWS architectures. The tool simplifies complex decisions and delivers clear, tailored recommendations to support confident planning.
✦︎ AWS Microservice Extractor for .NET
May 2022
I led design for AWS Microservice Extractor for .NET, helping customers break down monolithic apps into microservices. I designed the visual experience for exploring dependencies and added AI-powered recommendations to guide extraction. This made it easier for customers to modernize .NET applications with confidence.
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